🇪🇸 Spanish

escalera

feminine

la escalera

stairs

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escalera
/la eskaˈleɾa/
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How do you say escalera in Spanish?

IPA
/la eskaˈleɾa/

How do you pronounce escalera in Spanish?

escalera is pronounced /la eskaˈleɾa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La escalera nueva es muy empinada y peligrosa.

The new staircase is very steep and dangerous.

Encontré la escalera rota en el sótano y la reparé inmediatamente.

I found the broken staircase in the basement and repaired it immediately.

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Why is it feminine?

Escalera is feminine because it derives from the Latin "scala" (feminine), which originally meant "ladder" or "staircase," and Spanish inherited the feminine gender from this Latin root through regular sound changes during the Romance language evolution.

What is the Spanish word for stairs?

The Spanish word for stairs is la escalera — feminine.

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